Gael Lindenfield
Psychotherapist, Author & the UK's leading self-help expert
Thursday, December 18th, 2014 | Leave a reply
I have just returned from a lovely week in my home in southern Spain. This was one of my annual painting outings with a great friend. I set off barely able to use my voice and extremely anxious about all the pre-Christmas jobs I had failed to do in the previous week. (I […]
Wednesday, November 12th, 2014 | 1 Reply
For me, this Christmas holiday will be special. It will be our first with our new little granddaughter. She won’t be big enough to know what is happening but she will pick up on the positive energy of people who love her and the happiness and excitement around her. She is lucky and so […]
Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 | 26 Replies
Last week in my art class I mistakenly took a swig a deadly poison. I had put paint solvent (a colourless liquid) in a beaker and placed it to the right of me. Unfortunately I had also filled a similar beaker with drinking water. I had placed that one to my left so I […]
Wednesday, September 17th, 2014 | 2 Replies
Yesterday, I saw a large group of women relaxing together in a park. Almost all were either chatting, or busy sewing or preparing food. But my attention focused in on one young woman who was sitting with her back turned slightly outwards reading a book. The image of this young woman stayed with me […]
Wednesday, August 13th, 2014 | 6 Replies
You may have noticed that I missed out a Confidence Challenge for July. This is because I was either on holiday or busily occupied looking after my baby granddaughter. She was nearly five months old and very excited about her new power to move her body. With great effort over several weeks she […]
Sunday, June 15th, 2014 | Leave a reply
The night before last, I did something I haven’t done for four years. I watched a football match. Anyone who knows me in the UK might now be thinking, how did she possibly agree to spend her Friday evening doing that? The answer is because I have a very clever husband who […]
Sunday, May 11th, 2014 | 2 Replies
“In my own life I have always tried to achieve something. It’s what makes me tick. I still take it day by day but I never thought I’d end up as president of such an organisation or chair my own charity, let alone become a dame.” Dame Kelly Holmes, Double Olympic Gold Medalist. […]
Monday, April 7th, 2014 | Leave a reply
I loved this photo the minute I saw it! It is not only bright and fun, it is putting across an important message about listening in a stunningly simple way. The canary in the centre is so absorbed in listening to his companion that he is completely oblivious to the canary on the left […]
Thursday, March 6th, 2014 | Leave a reply
The great appeal of the current trend for Mindfulness meditation is that it can be done quickly and anywhere at any time. It is an ideal stress reduction technique for our fast contemporary lifestyle. Like any good meditation it gives our minds as well as our bodies a refreshing rest. This month’s Confidence Challenge is to use the […]
Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 | Comments Off on How Grannie sucked a life lesson from her newborn grand-daughter
12 days ago today my first grandchild was born. She is an adorable baby girl. I had planned to write a post the day after her arrival to share my news. But little did I know just how busy and preoccupied I would be! I should have known better. So many of my friends had warned me that my […]
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